Rosalie Chiang

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Rosalie Chiang
Born (2005-10-01) October 1, 2005 (age 19)
Fremont, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Rosalie Chiang (born October 1, 2005) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role of Meilin Lee in the Pixar animated film Turning Red (2022).

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Early life

Chiang was born on October 1, 2005, in Fremont, California. [1] Her mother is Taiwanese, [2] [3] while her father is Singaporean. [3] Chiang is fluent in the Mandarin Chinese language. [4] Her mother called her Mei-Mei as a child. [5]

Career

Before entering acting, Chiang was an author and wrote two poetry books: A is for Albatross: Birds A to Z and A is for Arowana: Freshwater Fish A to Z. [4] [3] The former received the Skipping Stones Honour Award. [3] Chiang had previously played minor roles in short films and commercials prior to being hired as the lead role in Turning Red. She auditioned for the role using her mother's iPhone 6. [6] During the film's development, Chiang was hired at the age of 12 to record scratch vocals as a temporary placeholder, with the understanding that director Domee Shi and producer Lindsay Collins would later cast a professional actress to re-record her lines before the film's release. [1] However, Chiang turned in scratch vocals so strong that Shi and Collins could not envision anyone else in the lead role. [1] They escalated the issue to Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter, who personally approved of casting Chiang in the lead role. [1]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017Clique WarsAshleyEpisode: "Clique Magic" [7]
2023 American Born Chinese Suzy Nakamura2 episodes [8]
The Simpsons Hubert WongVoice; episode: "McMansion & Wife" (replaces Tress MacNeille) [9] [10]
2025 Sakamoto Days Lu XiaotangVoice, English dub [11]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018The InternsRosalieShort film [12]
2018SoiledReeseShort film [13]
2022 Turning Red Meilin "Mei" LeeLead voice role [6]
2023 Suzume Chika AmabeVoice, English dub [14]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2023 Starfield Emily Cartwright, Sonia, Sylvie Munich [15] [16]

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